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(5) What impact will translation/transliteration of contact information have on the WHOIS validation as set out under the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement?

No commentThe principle of equivalent validation should be apply (i.e., the validation level of transformed data should be equivalent to the validation level of the original internationalized registration data/contact information).

(6) When should any new policy relating to translation and transliteration of contact information come into effect?

No commentNew policy on transformed contact information should only come into effect after the policy on internationalized registration data has come into effect.

(7) Who should decide who should bear the burden translating contact information to a single common language or transliterating contact information to a single common script? This question relates to the concern expressed by the Internationalized Registration Data Working Group (IRD-WG) in its report that there are costs associated with providing translation and transliteration of contact information. For example, if a policy development process (PDP) determined that the registrar must translate or transliterate contact information, this policy would place a cost burden on the registrar.

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